We've all heard this word starting as small children. Now for me there is two ways to look at this phrase when it comes to my money and investing. A recent conversation with a friend this morning about real estate inspired me to write this today as we were discussing a purchase of a condo. Where I live in Phoenix (Arcadia area) the demand for housing and condos is probably up (pricing ) 30% + in the last two years. So, when I look at that and the specific place I wanted to purchase, I see that as retail level of pricing. As we got to speaking he told me his younger sister purchased a place where I currently live and I go 'Oh, shes the one that paid $XXX,XXX, that's a record for the community" and he replied, "Yea she has no patience and just really wanted it". I thought about that because I was wondering who bought it at that price, what person assessed that and said if I buy this here I can potentially sell it 'here' in x amount of years. At worst, it can go to 'here'. The answer was an impatient person. Now I say that not as an insult, because in fact, that sale helps my current valuation of the property, which I appreciate, however, someone else allowed that price ceiling to be determined.

This concept of retail v. wholesale pricing is something that can be applied to anything in life that we do. Whatever it is we buy, from real estate to groceries to a car.

I'd like to begin with using this concept in the world of investing & trading, especially since these current markets are testing the patience of all of us. My evolution as a trader has come through a lot of self reflection and the ability to pin point where my weak points are so that I can focus on them. When I first began I was notoriously a 'rapid fire' trader where I would make multiple trades throughout the day and week.You can watch a video here from 2013 where I made maybe 5 trades on Crude Oil in the span of 45 minutes making about $4,500 to get an idea.

When you think about why investors fail, be it in real estate or markets, it's interesting. We all have the same charts, the same tools and the hours in a day. Now sure, some are more capitalized than others, no question, which does help in certain strategies. Without going too much in depth here, I believe one of the reasons is lack of patience. I think we can all agree that as traders our best trades have come from situations where we stalked an entry, placed the trade and then allowed the trade to 'do it's thing'. I can assure you this, staring at the 5 min chart after the trade is on will not make the stock go higher or lower, no matter how hard you try. So what does this come from? How can we get to the point where we can establish patience? After all this is our capital we're talking about here, it's important.

First, I think we need to throw out this concept of buying something when prices are going up, by then it's too late. The concept of buying a stock when it makes new 52 weeks highs on a 'break out' rarely, if ever works. How many times have you personally bought a stock only to see it instantly go against you then find yourself saying 'it's a good company, I'll just hold and it will come back?'. How many times have you seen a stock 'selling off' and though this is too expensive, or maybe you've held it and though 'oh no, I need to sell, only to see it rally after you sell?" Changing your perspective of how to invest starts with learning how to think like Wall Street, how to think like a deal desk. We'll be discussing more on this topic at our free too attend Investing Workshops.

I'll be in New York on September 24th for one so that would be a great time to come as well and there are still some seats left.

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